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Ministry of Chemicals and Fertilizers
FACT places import orders for 3 shipment of fertilizers to provide essential crop nutrients to farmers
Two shipment arrived, one expected by August
Company earned record net profit During Financial Year 2019-20
Fertilizers and Chemicals Travancore Limited  a PSU under the Union Ministry of Chemicals and Fertilizers has turned out encouraging performance on the production and marketing front during first three months of 2020-21.
The company is planning to improve the top and bottom lines by fertilizer trading. So far company has placed purchase orders for import of 3 shipments of fertilizers. Out of this two shipment has already arrived. In this one shipment is of 27500 MT of MOP and the other one is of 27500 MT of Complex Fertilizer. The third shipment is of MOP .which is expected to arrive in August.
The Company is planning to restart Caprolactam operations during the financial year 2020-2021 after completing major maintenance activities and installing online effluent monitoring facilities. Trial run of the plants has been completed.
During the Financial Year 2019-20, FACT touched new height in net profit, production of its prime product Factamfos , Ammonium Sulphate and sale of Fertilizers. Highlights of the year :-
Turnover :
CY Rs 2770 Cr, PY Rs 1955 Cr.
Profit:
CY Rs 976 Cr PY Rs 163 Cr.
Factamfos  production of 8.45 Lakh MT is an all time high record, surpassing the previous best of 8.38 Lakh MT during 2000-01.
Ammonium Sulphate production of 2.21 lakh MT is the highest in 19 years period.
Factamfos sale of 8.35 Lakh MT is also the highest in last 19 years period as also
Ammonium Sulphate sale of 2.36 Lakh MT.
All time high City Compost sale  for the year 
During the year the Company extended fertiliser marketing operations to PAN-INDIA, enlarging marketing network to West Bengal, Orissa, Maharashtra & Gujarat. As a first step, the company started marketing Ammonium Sulphate in the states of Maharashtra and West Bengal.
Cabinet
Cabinet apprised of the MoU with Ferrovie Dello Stato Italiane S.P.A. of Italy on Technical Cooperation in the Rail Sector
The Union Cabinet chaired by the Prime Minister Shri Narendra Modi has been apprised of the Memorandum of Understanding  signed with Ferrovie Dello Stato Italiane S.P.A. of the Republic of Italy on 31st January, 2017 on technical cooperation in railway sector.
The MoU will provide a platform to Indian Railways to interact and share the latest developments and knowledge in the railway sector to promote safety, efficiency and sustainability. The MoU will also facilitate exchange of information, experts meetings, seminars, technical visits and implementation of jointly agreed cooperation, projects.
The objective of this MoU is to develop technical cooperation activities in the railway sector to promote safety, efficiency and sustainability, to their mutual benefit. It will enable technical cooperation in the following areas:-
a. Safety audit of Indian Railways and measures required for enhancing safety in train operation;
b. Assessment and certification of advanced technology based safety products and systems to Safety Integrity Level 4 ;
c. Training and competency development with focus on safety including in areas of advanced signaling and train control systems;
d. Modern trends in Maintenance and diagnostic;
e. Any other area jointly identified by the participants.
Background:
The Ferrovie Dello Stato Italiane Group  is an industrial holding managing the Italian Railways sector through its companies focused on railway related businesses, the main ones are: Trenitalia - rail transport Rete Ferroviaria Italiana – railway infrastructure manager, Italferr - engineering company, Italcerifer - notified body certifying railway systems and components. The FS group is fully owned by Government and is under Ministry of Treasury, Italy.
Ministry of Railways have signed MQUs for technical cooperation with the Rail sector with various foreign Governments and National Railways. The identified areas of cooperation include high speed corridors, speed raising of existing routes, development of world class stations, heavy haul operations and modernization of rail infrastructure, etc. The cooperation is achieved through exchange of Information on developments in areas of railways, technology & operations, knowledge sharing, technical visits, training & seminars and workshops in areas of mutual interest.
The MoUs provide a platform for Indian Railways to interact and share the latest developments and knowledge in the railway sector. The MoUs facilitate exchange of technical experts, reports and technical documents, training and seminars/workshops focusing on specific technology areas and other interactions for knowledge sharing.
Ministry of Finance
Auction for Sale  of Government Stocks
The Government of India has announced the Sale  of  ‘New Government Stock 2021’ for a notified amount of Rs. 2,000 crore  through yield based auction,  ‘8.24 per cent Government Stock, 2027’ for a notified amount of Rs. 2,000 crore  through price based auction,  ‘7.95 per cent Government Stock, 2032’’ for a notified amount of Rs. 3,000 crore  through price based auction,  ‘7.40 per cent Government Stock, 2035’ for a notified amount of Rs. 2,000 crore  through price based auction, and  ‘7.06 per cent Government Stock, 2046’ for a notified amount of Rs. 3,000 crore  through price based auction. Subject to the limit of Rs. 12,000 crore, being total notified amount, GoI will have the option to retain additional subscription up to Rs. 1,000 crore each against any one or more of the above securities. The auctions will be conducted using multiple price method. The auctions will be conducted by the Reserve Bank of India, Mumbai Office, Fort, Mumbai on January 18, 2019 .
Up to 5% of the notified amount of the sale of the stocks will be allotted to eligible individuals and Institutions as per the Scheme for Non-Competitive Bidding Facility in the Auction of Government Securities.
Both competitive and non-competitive bids for the auction should be submitted in electronic format on the Reserve Bank of India Core Banking Solution  system on January 18, 2019. The non-competitive bids should be submitted between 11.30 a.m. and 12.00 noon and the competitive bids should be submitted between 11.30 a.m. and 12.30 p.m.
The result of the auctions will be announced on January 18, 2019  and payment by successful bidders will be on January 21, 2019 .
The Stocks will be eligible for “When Issued” trading in accordance with the guidelines on ‘When Issued transactions in Central Government Securities’ issued by the Reserve Bank of India vide Circular No. RBI/2018-19/25 dated July 24, 2018 as amended from time to time.
Ministry of Personnel, Public Grievances & Pensions
ACC approvals
The Appointments Committee of the Cabinet  has approved repatriation of Ms. Nilam Sawhney, lAS , Secretary, Department of Social Justice & Empowerment, Ministry of Social Justice & Empowerment to her parent cadre on the request of State Government.
The Competent Authority has approved assignment of additional charge of the post of Secretary, Department of Social Justice & Empowerment to Shri Deepak Khandekar, lAS , Secretary, Ministry of Tribal Affairs till appointment of a regular incumbent to the post or until further orders, whichever is earlier.
Competition Commission of India
CCI approves acquisition of shareholding in Hitachi Construction Machinery Co., Ltd. by HCJI Holdings G.K., Citrus Investments, HCJ Holdings 2 G.K., Japan Industrial V – GP K.K., and other investors
The Competition Commission of India  approves acquisition of shareholding in Hitachi Construction Machinery Co., Ltd. by HCJI Holdings G.K., Citrus Investments, HCJ Holdings 2 G.K., Japan Industrial V – GP K.K., and other investors.
Citrus Investments LLC , a wholly owned subsidiary of ITOCHU Corporation , HCJ Holdings 2 G.K. , Japan Industrial - GP, Manalsu, Primrose GP, Shepherds Hill Partners III Ltd., and Sonora Partners III Ltd. through HCJI Holdings G.K. , proposes to acquire 26% in the Hitachi Construction Machinery Co., Ltd.  from Hitachi Ltd., on a fully diluted basis.
HCJI is currently a wholly owned subsidiary of Japan Industrial Partners Inc. HCJI was established as a limited liability company to hold shares in the Target and undertake all business incidental to the same. Prior to the Proposed Transaction, HCJI will be jointly held on 50:50 basis by  Citrus; and  HCJ HD2, and will change its corporate form to a stock company.
The ITOCHU Group operates in a comprehensive array of business domains, from upstream areas, such as transactions involving raw material, to downstream domains, such as retail. Itochu does not have any subsidiaries/ investee companies active in India.
HCM is listed on the Tokyo Stock Exchange. Its major shareholder and controlling parent company is Hitachi . HCM is engaged in the manufacturing of mining and construction machinery and solution business  globally. HCM also operates in India through the following subsidiaries and affiliates:  Tata Hitachi Construction Machinery Company Pvt Ltd;  H-E Parts International LLC; and  Bradken India Private Limited.
Detailed order of the CCI will follow.
Ministry of Personnel, Public Grievances & Pensions
Department of Pension & Pensioners’ Welfare issues instructions laying down procedure and time-line for change of option by the pensioners/family pensioners for availing OPD facility under CGHS or Fixed Medical Allowance
As per the existing instructions, pensioners/family pensioners residing in an area not covered by CGHS have the option to avail Fixed Medical Allowance  of Rs. 1000/- per month in lieu of OPD facility under CGHS. The pensioners/family pensioners can change the option from FMA to OPD facility under CGHS or vice versa once during their life time. Department of Pension & Pensioners’ Welfare, Ministry of Personnel, Public Grievances and Pensions, GoI, has now issued instructions laying down the procedure and time-line for change of option by the pensioners/family pensioners for availing OPD facility under CGHS or Fixed Medical Allowance.
As per these instructions, if a pensioner/family pensioner in receipt of FMA, intends to avail the OPD facility under CGHS, he/she may apply to the concerned pension disbursing bank for discontinuation of FMA. The pension disbursing bank shall discontinue the payment of FMA and issue a certificate to this effect within three working days from the date of receipt of application. Thereafter, the pensioner can apply to the concerned CGHS authorities for issue of CGHS card after paying requisite CGHS contributions, if not already paid and the CGHS authorities will, issue a provisional CGHS card to the pensioner/family pensioner within four working days from the date of completion of all formalities and deposit of contributions by the pensioner/family pensioner, till issue of a regular CGHS Card.
If a pensioner/family pensioner, who is availing CGHS/medical facility for both IPD and OPD, intends to avail FMA while residing in a non-CGHS area or on shifting of residence from a CGHS area to a non-CGHS area, he can apply to the CGHS authorities for surrender of OPD facility under CGHS. The CGHS authorities will make necessary endorsement on the CGHS card and issue a certificate within four working days from the date of receipt of application, that the pensioner/family pensioner is not availing OPD facility. Thereafter, the pensioner/family pensioner can submit an application to the Head of Office along with a copy of the surrender certificate for issue of a revised pension payment authority for payment of FMA. The revised Pension Payment Authority will be issued within two months from the date of submission of application by the pensioner/family pensioner. The payment of FMA in such cases will be made from the date of issue of the surrender certificate by the CGHS authorities.
Ministry of Rural Development
Diversion of Wages Under Aadhaar Based Payment System
As per NREGASoft, Aadhaar numbers of 11.38 crore workers have been seeded with Aadhaar Based Payment System  under Mahatma Gandhi National Rural Employment Guarantee Scheme  as on 28.07.2023.
Beneficiary under Mahatma Gandhi NREGS is being paid through account based as well as Aadhar Based Payment Bridge System. In case a beneficiary is not enable for Aadhaar Based Payment Bridge System, alternative route is available for making payment.
State/UT-wise details of the active workers and number of workers who are eligible to get their wages under ABPS under the Mahatma Gandhi NREGS in the financial year 2022-23 is given at Annexure.
ABPS is a route for a payment instruction to follow and finally payment is getting credited into a bank account. The Payment is credited into the bank account as provided by the beneficiary.
Annexure referred in reply to part  of Lok Sabha Unstarred Question No. 1944 dated 01.08.2023.
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State/UT-wise details of the active workers and number of workers who are eligible to get their wages under ABPS under the Mahatma Gandhi NREGS in the financial year 2022-23.
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SI. No.
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State/UT
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Numbers of the active workers

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Number of workers who are eligible to get their wages under ABPS

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1
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Andhra Pradesh
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96.78
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92.16
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2
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Arunachal Pradesh
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3.28
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1.53
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3
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Assam
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62.98
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13.31
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4
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Bihar
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93.46
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62.26
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5
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Chhattisgarh
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72.58
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52.77
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6
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Goa
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0.08
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0.06
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7
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Gujarat
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32.32
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14.06
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8
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Haryana
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9.48
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7.33
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9
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Himachal Pradesh
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14.43
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11.52
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10
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Jammu And Kashmir
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17.00
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9.44
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11
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Jharkhand
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45.28
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31.76
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12
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Karnataka
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87.23
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67.64
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13
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Kerala
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27.10
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22.88
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14
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Ladakh
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0.42
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0.34
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15
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Madhya Pradesh
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119.93
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67.19
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16
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Maharashtra
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66.69
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44.66
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17
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Manipur
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7.03
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3.93
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18
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Meghalaya
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9.10
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0.28
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19
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Mizoram
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2.15
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1.58
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20
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Nagaland
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5.60
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1.10
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21
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Odisha
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78.29
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53.84
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22
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Punjab
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15.93
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12.38
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23
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Rajasthan
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143.67
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103.31
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24
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Sikkim
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0.97
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0.73
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25
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Tamil Nadu
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91.47
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81.80
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26
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Telangana
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61.05
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55.21
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27
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Tripura
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10.50
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8.75
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28
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Uttar Pradesh
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157.55
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92.00
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29
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Uttarakhand
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12.49
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8.90
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30
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West Bengal
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151.81
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120.38
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31
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Andaman and Nicobar
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0.15
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0.12
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32
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Dadra and Nagar Haveli
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0.00
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0.00
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33
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Lakshadweep
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0.0027
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0.0015
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34
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Puducherry
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0.68
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0.54
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Total
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1,497.46
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1,043.76
This information was given by the Union Minister of State for Rural Development, Sadhvi Niranjan Jyoti in a written reply in Lok Sabha today.
Ministry of Health and Family Welfare
COVID-19 UPDATE
171.28 cr vaccine doses have been administered so far under Nationwide Vaccination Drive
India's Active caseload currently stands at 7,90,789
Active cases stand at 1.86%
Recovery Rate currently at 96.95%
1,67,882 recoveries in the last 24 hours increases Total Recoveries to 4,11,80,751
67,084 new cases recorded in the last 24 hours
Daily positivity rate 
Weekly Positivity Rate 
74.61 cr Total Tests conducted so far; 15,11,321 tests conducted in the last 24 hours
Ministry of Finance
Auction for Sale  of Government Stocks, Floating Rate Bonds 2014 and Government Securities.
The Government of India has announced the Sale  of  “6.65 per cent Government Stock, 2020” for a notified amount of ` 2000 crore  through price based auction,
 “Government of India Floating Rate Bonds 2024” for a notified amount of `3000 crore  through price based auction, “7.17 per cent Government Stock, 2028” for a notified amount of `3,000 crore  through price based auction,  “6.57 per cent Government Stock, 2033” for a notified amount of ` 1,000 crore  through price based auction, and  “7.72 per cent Government Stock, 2055” for a notified amount of ` 3,000 crore  through price based auction. Subject to the limit of `12,000 crore, being total notified amount, GoI will have the option to retain additional subscription up to ` 1,000 crore against anyone or more of the above securities. The auctions will be conducted using multiple price method. The auctions will be conducted by the Reserve Bank of India, Mumbai Office, Fort, Mumbai on April 20, 2018.
Up to 5% of the notified amount of the sale of the stockswill be allotted to eligible individuals and Institutions as per the Scheme for Non-Competitive Bidding Facility in the Auction of Government Securities.
Both competitive and non-competitive bids for the auction should be submitted in electronic format on the Reserve Bank of India Core Banking Solution  system on April 20, 2018. The non-competitive bids should be submitted between 10.30 a.m. and 11.30 a.m. and the competitive bids should be submitted between 10.30 a.m. and 12.00 noon.
The result of the auctions will be announced on April 20, 2018 and payment by successful bidders will be on April 23, 2018.
The Stocks will be eligible for “When Issued” trading in accordance with the guidelines on ‘When Issued transactions in Central Government Securities’ issued by the Reserve Bank of India vide circular No. RBI/2006-07/178 dated November 16, 2006 as amended from time to time.
PIB Headquarters
Temporary disconnection date of BSNL Postpaid Mobile & WIMAX Services
General Manager for Mobile Services BSNL Kerala Circle has informed that all GSM & WIMAX Postpaid customers have to pay their Mobile Bill dated 28-06-2017, before 21st July 2017 to enjoy continued service.
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Ministry of Finance
India: Financial Sector Assessment Program 2017-Detailed Assessment Reports 
The two main Reports of the 2017 India Financial Sector Assessment Programme  – the Financial System Stability Assessment  and Financial Sector Assessment , were released by the International Monetary Fund  and the World Bank, respectively on their websites on December 21, 2017. In continuation, the IMF and the World Bank today released two Detailed Assessment Reports  relating to the 2017 India FSAP. The Report providing ‘Detailed Assessment of Observance—Basel Core Principles for Effective Banking Supervision’ has been released by the IMF and the World Bank and the Report providing ‘Detailed Assessment of Observance of Clearing Corporation of India Limited  Central Counter Party  and Trade Repository ’, was released by the World Bank.
India welcomes these Assessment Reports by the joint IMF-World Bank team conforming to the highest international standards.
The DAR on the observance of Basel Core Principles  commends the Reserve Bank of India for the remarkable progress in strengthening banking supervision since the last FSAP. It notes that the supervision and regulation by the Reserve Bank remain strong and have improved in recent years. Most of the Basel III framework  has been implemented and cooperation arrangements, both domestically and cross-border, are now firmly in place. It states that the system-wide asset quality review  and the strengthening of prudential regulations in 2015 testify to the authorities’ commitment to transparency and a more accurate recognition of banking risks. A special mention is made of the implementation of a risk-based supervisory approach, in particular the Supervisory Program for Assessment of Risk and Capital ; as also the phasing-in of the Liquidity Coverage Ratio  and large exposure limits and states that the recently established Central Repository of Information on Large Credits , will provide RBI with a robust supervisory enforcement framework. It acknowledges that banking reforms, including the Indradhanush Plan for revitalizing the Public Sector Banks  and the Bank Board Bureaus  have helped usher in an era of transparency and improved discipline and will go a long way in resolving the problem of bad loans in India.
The DAR on the BCP was prepared before the announcement of the recapitalization of Rs. 2.11 trillion  and the under-capitalization of PSBs mentioned in the Report has since been effectively addressed by this Plan.
Ministry of Youth Affairs and Sports
Sports Minister Shri Kiren Rijiju meets Indian judokas ahead of Budapest Grand Slam, says Judo is a priority sport
Sports Minister Shri Kiren Rijiju met the members of the Indian Judo team at his residence ahead of their departure to Hungary for the Budapest Grand Slam which contributes to the Olympic qualification, to be held between October 23 and October 25. The contingent comprises of five judokas and coach Jiwan Sharma.
The Sports Minister wished the contingent luck for the tournament and said preparations are in place to ensure that a strong talent pool emerges for the 2024 and 2028 Olympics, “The team is leaving for Hungary today and I am hopeful that some of the athletes will qualify. Judo is a priority sport for us and we will enhance capacity both in terms of training facilities and coaches. The idea is to extend full support to the elite athletes while building up a talent pool of young athletes who can compete in the Olympics of 2024 and 2028. We will discuss a more exhaustive roadmap with the federation and plan ahead.”
This will be the first tournament that the Indian judokas will be playing since the nationwide lockdown was imposed due to the coronavirus pandemic, which had also led to the suspension of training and international air travel. Jasleen Singh Saini, Indian men’s judoka ranked world number 56 and a good prospect to qualify for next year’s Olympics, said, “I am feeling very positive after meeting the Sports Minister. He spoke to us and shared his knowledge which is really helpful. This will be the first tournament we will be played after the Covid lockdown. We used to play every month earlier, so it is really good to be playing again. From the entire Judo fraternity, would like to thank the Sports Ministry, Sports Authority of India and the Judo Federation of India for organising this for us.”
Around 645 competitors from around 81 countries will be participating in this tournament and the contingent is enthusiastic to be back in action in competitive sport after such a long break. Sushila Devi, the highest ranked women’s judoka in the contingent ranked 41 in the world and an Olympic hopeful said, “This is the first time we have met the Sports Minister and he is really doing a lot for sports in India so with his encouragement, we are feeling very motivated. It is good to play once again after the lockdown and would like to thank SAI for the support in getting this international exposure organised for us. We will try to give our best.”
Other judokas participating in the meet are Tulika Mann, Avtar Singh and Vijay Yadav.